Improvement in corset-fastenings



G. u. SGHNELLERL Corset Fastenings.

Patenrd May 27,1873.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEI'CE.

GEORGE OTTO SCHNELLER, ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

IM PROVEMENT IN CORSET-FASTENINGS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,424, dated May 27, 1873; application filed November 22, 1872.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, GEORGE OTTo SCHNEL- LER, of Ansonia, in the county of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, have invented .a new and useful Improvement in Corset- Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification in which drawing*- .Figure 1 represents a face view of my invention as applied to one style of corset-fastenings. Fig. 2 a transverse section of the same in the plane ww, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a face view of another style of corset-fastenings provided with my improvement. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same in plane y y, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a face view of part of another style of fastening provided with portions of my present improvement.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The invention consists in the arrangement of a loop or eye attached to a corset-steel either by a single rivet and a lip overlapping the edge of the steel, or by other means, in such a manner thatsaid loop or eyeis free to swing laterally, and to accommodate itself to the varying positions of the button with which the same engages when the corset- `steels are bentin different directions; and further consists in the arrangement of indentations near the ends of the corset-steels for the purpose of receiving and retaining metal tips or caps further in the combination of metallic clamps with the covering, of corset-steels and with the binding applied thereto, in such a manner that by said clamps the ends of the binding are rmly connected to the covering,

and the tedious operation of tacking under said ends is avoided.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a corset-steel, which is strengthened by a plate of metal, or other suitable material, fastened to said steel by rivets .Z1 b, (see Fig. l.) The object of this plate is not only to strengthen the spring and reduce the danger of breakage, but also to prevent the spring when its ends are bent outward from forming a sharp curve which presses on the stomach of the person wearing the corset. By my strengtheningarranged that the outer end of the loop is i free to swing laterally to a certain extent, and consequently capable of adapting itself to the varying positions of the buttons f when the steels are connected and bent in different direction. If the .loops are rigidly at-` tached to their steel, and the steels are connected and bent, a heavy strain is brought on the loops and on the buttons, and those parts are liable to work loose o r to cause the steels to break. The lip h which, as shown in the drawing, overlaps the inner edge of the steel may be made to overlap the outside edge thereof. The ends of the steelblades A are protected by caps t of soft metal, and in order to retain these caps I provide said steels with recesses jj in their sides, andas the caps are pressed, into these recesses they take a firm hold of the steels, and are not liable to work loose. A

When the steels are provided with a covering, k, and binding', l, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, I fasten the ends of the binding by means of metallic clamps m, and thereby the tedious operation yof tuckng under the ends of the binding and of securing them by extra stitching is saved.

The clamps m are made of small pieces4 of sheet metal bent over and secured in position by a suitable punch. `The covering k is sewhich would be impaired by the holes, is fully restored.

If the corset fastening is-made in the style shown in Figs. 3 or 5, the holes in one of the steel blades serve to receive thehooks or buttons attached to the other blade; and in`thiscase the eyelets assist in the operation of introducing and of disengaging the hooks or buttons.

3. The metallic clamps m m, covering` the edge and a portion of each side of the corsetsprings A, and secured thereon by means of indentations or compression, for the purpose of securing in position the interposed binding Z of the covering k, es herein shown and described.

GEORGE O. SCHNELLER. Witnesses J. G. HoTcHKIss, H. M. BROWN. 

